Part 2As Mark tried to scramble to safety, a couple of older women in their late 60’s made a grab for him, grabbing his ass and giving it a good squeeze. One of them had him from the front and one from behind and he was sandwiched in between the two…all I could see as we ran was his hat, as he squirmed to get away from the women. One of them had grabbed his face and was planting smackers all over him, while she grabbed his bum…Jay stopped on seeing what was happening, laughed and then carried on running and into the safety of the taxi, followed by me and Mary. Mark turned up a few minutes later, his clothes all in disarray and his hair messed up
“Look at my hat!!” he almost pouted, looking down at his hat which now looked like a piece of random material, all bashed in at the sides and about half the height it had been before the attack of the killer OAP’s!
“Where to?” the driver asked
“Anywhere, nowhere…just drive around for a bit” Jason said, before looking at us and laughing, shaking his head
“That were well funny, did you see their faces?!! Haven’t had that much fun since the old days eh Markie?”
“I dunno if I’d call being groped by a woman who was old enough to be my granny fun and she ruined my hat!!” he frowned before we all burst out laughing.
The taxi made it’s way along the dark Glasgow streets, people outside fast food places who had just eaten a kebab whole and were now throwing up…girls wandering the streets in barely there skirts and wondering why they were getting unwanted attention from drunks and tramps!! As the four of them relaxed and watched the sights of Glasgow pass by Mary suddenly sat upright
“STOP!!!!” she yelled and the driver slammed on the breaks
“What is it? Is something wrong?” Mark asked, a look of worry across his face
“Yes something’s wrong!! Someone has stolen the traffic cone from the Duke of Wellingtons head” she pointed “Vandals!!!” she muttered rolling her eyes
“Oh” I said looking out across to Royal Exchange Square where the statue of The Duke Of Wellington stood…over time drunken clubbers, students and young people had taken to climbing the statue and putting a traffic cone on it’s head, at first the council had removed it time and time again, but now they didn’t bother and the Duke had gotten himself a new hat!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange_SquareI explained this to Jason who just nodded and looked straight at me I was talking, causing my skin to cover in goosebumps and my heart to start thudding in my chest
“No man should be without his hat!! It’s every man and his hat for himself in this world, someone’s wrecked my hat tonight, but he can have his back” Mark nodded and then got out the cab walking over to where the “Duke’s hat” was placed on the pavement beside him. Mary quickly straightened out her skirt and followed him out across the road, almost getting run over by a taxi, the driver beeping his horn at her which in turn made her turn around and give him a gesture of her own! Jason and I watched out the window as Mark struggled to even climb the first part of the statue, let alone reach his head
“If he falls and hurts himself then the tours up the spout” Jason nodded towards Mark, who was now dangling from one of the legs of the Duke’s horse
“Shouldn’t you stop him or something?”
“He’s not my responsibility and I haven’t had a chance to get you on your own all night. I’ve been thinking about you all day since I saw your banner, nice by the way!” he grinned
“Thanks, it was Mazza’s suggestion but at least it worked and you noticed it”
“Yeah I’ve been thinking about how I could make that wish come true for you all day” he whispered, his lips brushing on my ear lobe and sending a shiver through my whole body
“Really? Did you come up with any answers?” I asked quietly, like I was afraid to speak for fear of what the answer would be
“I did, but I can’t explain them…it’s more of a show and tell thing you know?”
I nodded as his hand made it’s way up the inside of my top
“So I’m thinking how about you guys ditch the hostel tonight and come back to our hotel…” a gentle kiss was placed on my neck and then a bang on the window made us pull apart
“This is some sick bastard up there playing a joke on us now!” Jason moaned as he pulled away to see Mary banging on the window
“Guys, Mark’s kinda stuck…he’s dangling from the tail and well I think his shirt is caught on it or something and he can’t get down…” she said before turning back to look at Mark , who was helplessly dangling and causing her to laugh
“See, this is why that man should not be allowed to drink” Jason grumped and rolled his eyes before getting out the cab and striding off to where Mark was
“Well I see another one of your genius ideas has back fired…you’ll never learn will you?! Every time I’m starting to get somewhere you pull a stunt Mark, I’ve a good mind to leave you hanging there!!”
“What? I haven’t done anything and this was an accident, it’s not my fault that me shirt got caught! But I gave the Duke his hat back! Power for the little people eh?” he grinned looking pleased with himself before trying once again to dislodge his shirt. Jason started to climb up the statue and just as he was getting level with Mark, he somehow managed to dislodge himself, falling to the side and taking Jason with him. Both of them tumbled to the ground, Karen and Mary watched as it happened and rushed over in a panic
“Oh my God!” I exclaimed “Are you alright Jason?” he sat up rubbing his head and turned to let all hell rip at Mark, who was laying on the ground still as could be
“Mark? Mark!!” Mary shouted shaking him but getting no response. She put her finger up to his wrist trying to feel a pulse and he grabbed her arm pulling her in close to him, so she was lying on top of him
“How funny was that?” he giggled “but faint heart never won fair lady and I got Wellington his hat back for you!”
“You idiot Mark!! You could have hurt yourself and me, I’m sure the management would have been happy if you’d jeopardised a 10 million quid tour because you were trying to put a traffic cone on a statue!!” Jason almost growled at him
“He needed his hat, it’s cold in Scotland at night” he said pointedly “Right so I think it’s time to get back to the hotel for a wee dram” he added in the worst Scottish accent I had heard in my life, grabbing Mary's hand and helping her up leading her back to the taxi!
Back at the lads hotel, they had tried to get past the bar without being noticed but Howard had been in the gents
“Oh aye, trying to sneak in were you?” he grinned “Come on you lot can get the next round of drinks in!” he slapped Jason on the back and made sure we went in, following on behind
“Gaz, look what the cat’s dragged in” he laughed
“Oh nice of you to grace us with your presence and I see you’ve got company”
“This is Karen” Howard gestured “ and I know we didn’t meet but if I remember rightly you’re Mary yeah?” he asked
“Yeah Mazza and Kazza, to most people” she laughed putting her arm around my shoulder
“So what have you lot been up to then?” Gary asked
“Well I’m not sure you’d want to know, it involved singing, OAP’s, giving back power to hat wearing people and these two ended up in a heap on the pavement” Mary grinned looking at Mark and Jason “Yeah it’s been a good night!” she shoved Howard over in his seat as she made space for herself and then took his drink out of his hand before finishing it. “Looks like Howard here needs another drink” she smiled, looking at me and making me laugh out loud!!
“You don’t take long to mix in with the group do you?” Gary said shaking his head and sending Mark off to get some drinks in
“So there’s been no squeezing of Oranges yet then?” Howard asked, wiggling his eyebrows “I was thinking about this earlier…”
“You were thinking about squeezing Jason’s oranges?” Mary asked, pulling a face as Mark returned from the bar saying they were bringing the drinks over
“What we talking about?” he asked chirpily
“Howard squeezing Jason’s oranges” I said seriously, before we all started laughing and the banter passed back and forth for a good hour or so. They were a great group of guys to be around but yet again the stares from other people in the bar hadn’t gone unnoticed.
“I’m going to the bathroom, you coming?” I turned and asked Mary
“Ooh yeah, I’ve been needing to pee since we got here, just couldn’t be bothered getting up”
“Nice” I said rolling my eyes and taking her arm, as the lads laughed at us swaying as we headed in the direction of the ladies room. We had been in there 5 minutes or so and were making our way back to the bar when we saw Mark approaching us
“I’m jut borrowing Mazza for a minute” he smiled, before taking her hand and running off in the opposite direction! I walked back into the bar and re took my seat next to Jason
“Where’s Mary?”
“I dunno, Mark came out and said he needed to borrow her for a minute”
“Right, well I’m calling it a night” Jason said, giving off a yawn which was clearly fake before standing up and taking my hand in his
“Fair enough, enjoy your sleep yeah?” Howard grinned
“I will mate” he smiled, his tongue poking out from between his lips and then we left the bar. His hand slipped casually into mine and we started to take one flight of stairs to his room, reaching the top where there was a window that looked out over the river, the moonlight glistening on it and making it sparkle and shine
“That’s gorgeous” I sighed, gazing out into the night
“Yeah you are gorgeous” he said, in a low tone as he slipped his hands round my waist and planted butterfly kisses on my neck and on the sensitive spot behind my ear making me shiver with anticipation. “Come on” he said leading me to his room at the other end of the corridor, stopping half way and pinning me against the wall to steal another kiss that made me go weak at the knees. A banging noise was heard followed by giggles and “shhhh” and more giggles. Jason quickly pulled away to notice Mark and Mary running past us just in dressing gowns
“Jay, Kazza” Mary grinned and kept on running, catching up with Mark before they dashed off down the staircase.
“What’s that all about?” I frowned
“I dunno but if what I’m thinking is right then we could have a bit of fun with this ourselves…”Jason grinned and then explained to me what he was thinking
“Oh I like it Mr O! They deserve a bit of payback”
10 minutes later we went outside and crossed the grounds coming to the door of the spa building. It was unlocked but in darkness, looked like Jason was right.
“Ok so if I’m right they only had their robes on, we can snatch them and then they’re screwed” he grinned, clearly loving the idea
“Uh huh but doesn’t this join onto the main building too so they can still get back to their room without coming outside”
“It does but after hours when it’s shut they only give us the key for this door” his grin was getting wider by the minute
“Ahh ok then!! So we need to get inside and snatch the robes then…”
“You do, I’m not going in!”
“I do?!?”
“Yeah cos what if they’re already…well you know…”
“Right and that means I have to go in? Explain please?”
“Well I don’t wanna see Mark doing that!!!”
“You think I do?!? It’s dark in there and I’ve never been in there before so I have no clue where I’m going”
“Fine, we’ll go in together” he nodded, grabbing my hand and pushing the door open.
We went inside and I followed behind Jason, holding onto his waist and letting him lead the way. He stopped when he got to the entrance for the pool and could hear voices…